From the recordings Old Songs, New Sentiments and the Watershed album 1998
Lyrics
Watch the River Run
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(This is a song, about a dream I had)
I was walking with Woody Guthrie
Down that long, and familiar road
We were singin' about the Gypsy Davey
Walkin' through the streets of Gold
There's a time for livin'
A time for dyin'
A time for the rising of the sun
There's a time for believin'
And a time for denyin'
And a time to Watch the River Run
We came upon old Dylan Thomas
He was standin' in a sea of green
Under Milkwood, not surprising
Was the last place he was ever seen
There's a time for livin'
A time for dyin'
A time for the rising of the sun
There's a time for believin'
And a time for denyin'
And a time to Watch the River Run
The Water is Wide, my mama told me
She said, Son, you're gonna need a boat for two
So I'll find me a girl I can marry
She will row, and I will sing for you
(She'll row and I'll sing)
There's a time for livin'
A time for dyin'
A time for the rising of the sun
There's a time for believin'
And a time for denyin'
And a time to Watch the River Run
©1995, 2013 Edward John Barrington